DCI Paul Fotheringham, of Kent Police, told the inquest: “A post mortem was carried out by a forensic pathologist and the initial results were inconclusive.

"Forensic samples were obtained and the results concluded the recent use of heroin and that the levels identified were likely to have played a role in her death.”

The grand chamber at Gravesend Old Town Hall heard Peaches’ husband, musician Tom Cohen, took the couple’s two young boys, 11-month-old Phaedra and two year old Astala, to stay with his parents in south-east London on Thursday April 3.

Mr Fotheringham said: “This is a normal occurrence which enables Peaches and Thomas to complete work in their respective careers.”

The model and journalist spoke to her husband, family and friends on the phone over the following days before Tom’s dad, Keith, took Phaedra back home at around 5pm on Sunday.